Mountain Lotus Provisions

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Food Truck

Ovo

Take-out

Asian

Fusion

Vegetarian food truck turned cafe located at the yoga studio of the same name. Serves "pacific rim" pan-Asian style food. Menu is about 2/3 vegan and the rest vegetarian (egg). No dairy. Located here permanently and has some seating. Over the winter, open Mondays for weekly supper club and some evenings for events. Open Mon-Sun 11:00am-3:00pm, Thu 5:30pm-8:30pm. Truckee Thursdays 5:30pm - 8:30pm, for special events (see website or socials).

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3 Reviews

First Review by ivan420

ivan420

Points +320

Vegetarian

25 Apr 2023

Great new vegetarian food truck in town, now serving an amazing Monday supper club - Edit

Spring 2023 quick update:

They're moving away from Beyond products and switching to more real, minimally-processed, whole-food protein 100%. Already my favorite place in town, I couldn't be more thrilled! Just hoovered up some delicious housemade chickpea "meat"ball Mee Bakso soup for this Meatless Mondays. My veggie and omni friend agree, Ray is bringing it right. Looking forward to chilling next to the creek this summer at their beautiful outdoor seating!

Winter 2023 review:

Once again doing regular hours at their homebase. I'm not a huge fan of their current menu as I don't really care for Beyond patties or eggs. However, they're also doing an order-in-advance vegan "Meatless Mondays" rotating menu which is super delicious. Occasionally some Beyond protein, but also lots of the more "real food" ingredients I prefer like tofu, jackfruit and such. Everything has been spot-on, week after week.

Summer 2022 review:

They're at Truckee Thursdays this year, which is great. Sadly, I'm not a huge fan of the menu updates. They switched from field roast to beyond for their protein which is a big downgrade if you ask me, and two of the four dishes on the menu have egg (which yes, I'm sure they would omit).

I've tried the two vegan dishes so far this season. The Bahn Mi sandwich was good but I did not personally care for the beyond patty, just not my thing I guess. I also tried the final menu item without egg or a beyond patty: tomato soup and a grilled (vegan) cheese. The soup was really top-notch and amazing, rich flavor. Grilled cheese was just okay, nothing special. I'm not usually price or portion-size sensitive at all but $15 or whatever plus tip did seem a bit steep for a rather small cup of soup and two triangles of grilled bread from a food truck. A bigger cup of soup would have helped a lot.

I'll try the other options before the summer is up, and this is the most veg-friendly offering at Thursdays in years, but sadly I'm quite a bit less stoked about their food than I was last season. Also doesn't seem to be doing regular hours outside the yoga studio this summer.

Original review:

Really enjoyed all the food I've tried from this new food truck, spot on. They did a special Thanksgiving takeaway meal which was THE BOMB. Not sure why I can't rate them five stars, they're completely vegetarian and mostly vegan. Sadly, over the winter they only did catering and events, but I'm looking forward to regular hours again this sp

Updated from previous review on 2023-04-25

Pros: Great food, inventive flavors, Reallydelicious advance-order "Meatless Mondays" , Veggie options at Truckee Thursdays again

Cons: Some real egg (I'm sure they would omit)

Twizzle1

Points +45

Vegan

08 Apr 2023

A Vegan’s dream on wheels - Edit

Logistics: It’s nice that they’re in the same location and easy to find. Plenty of parking and they do have some seating.

Super friendly service and the menu is ridiculous. Like ridiculously amazing! Just enough options so you don’t heel overwhelmed but you’ll have a hard time picking just one thing. I had the Banh Mi burger which was an amazing twist on my favorite sandwich.

Vegan or not, this place is a must try if you’re in Truckee.

Pros: Vegan , Unique menu , Local

TruckeePBArch

Points +35

Vegan

27 Oct 2022

Delicious! - Edit

Went by to support a local business for lunch. While they didn’t have too many options, just one vegan one, it was delicious. I have no doubt they will be rotating through different food options, but regardless the spring roll with cashew dip was pretty darn tasty.